xxiv, 514 pages : 25 cm

Celebrates the achievements of women inventors from the first patent issued in 1809 to the Nobel Prize Laureate in 1991

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-491) and index

1. Foremothers of American Invention -- 2. After the War: Inventing Within Woman's Sphere -- 3. New Fields of Invention -- 4. Centennial Sisterhood -- 5. Patenting Dress Reform -- 6. Publicizing, Proselytizing, and Educating: Uplifting the Position of Women Begins -- 7. Inventing Outside and Beyond Woman's Sphere -- 8. Celebrating Women's Ingenuity: Expositions, Fairs, and Patent Office Lists -- 9. Still a Long Way to Go -- 10. Patenting Know-how -- 11. "New Women" in a New Century -- 12. Hope Springs Eternal -- 13. Same Song, Second Verse -- 14. Depression, War, and Peace -- 15. The Modern Woman Inventor -- 16. Patents Pending? -- Appendix: Patents of Women Inventors Cited in Text

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